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A key reason that immigrants who live in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta enjoy higher levels of employment than immigrants residing in other parts of Canada is that these three provinces have consistently had the lowest unemployment rates in Canada over the past several years. Thus, many people who are looking for jobs in Canada find excellent employment opportunities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, due to the ongoing shortage of skilled workers there. Additionally, these three Canadian provinces offer a high standard of living, yet tend to have a low cost of living which many Canadian residents find attractive. Therefore, if you want to live in Canada, you might want to consider moving to Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta where there is a high demand for skilled foreign workers[color=#000099][/color]

To all the seniors in the group, how true is this statement. Just seen it on a canadavisa website during my research.

Am also interested in this question. In addition, which province would be the best for a statistician or data analyst to settle in, in order to get a job fairly quickly?

yungreezy:
Thanks for the response. Will start looking out for courses in IT Business Analysis/Intelligence with coop option. If you know any good one I'd appreciate your recommendation.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Pride always contributes to unemployment in so many developed countries including our fellow africans in South Africa. They just dont want to be seen doing certain menial jobs once they spot an immigrant who just landed in a blue collar job.

Anyways, how are you handling the winter over there in the east coast? Been reading in the news about how the US east coast is struggling with all kinds of snow storms and ice bombs. Apparently it's the coldest it's ever been.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42576978

the article is aptly titled "US shivers amid record-breaking low temperatures"

maternal:
I hope you're not in naija saying 6 percent is high ? I don't think any country has a 0 percent unemployment rate. Any way a lot of the white Canadians feel entitled and would only take certain jobs. Furthermore, the native Canadian are not always motivated to work as well. Then you have people who are disabled and not able to work, etc. When you take many things into consideration, that 6 percent may be skewed. Lastly, not all 36 million people are of working age.

Hello people,

There's something that I've been wondering about. How come the unemployment rate in canada is 6% meaning more than 500k people don't have jobs yet canada is inviting immigrants to work there? Are there people who prefer to be on unemployment benefits like in some US states or
maybe the way the number is calculated?
For a country with such a small population of 36 million, the 6% seems too high considering the US with 10 times the no. of people has only 4.6% unemployment rate.

Otherwise, any one here staying in Windsor ON. Am still doing research on the best places to stay once my PPR comes through and am trying to decide between alberta, ottawa and windsor. Any advice will be appreciated.

Hello guys... Quick question regarding pof. If I currently have a big loan with my bank that I plan on servicing while in Canada , will this pose any problems with my application.

Hello Elders,

Am currently waiting for my Uni to come back from xmas leave in jan for them to send my docs. I assume there's no way wes can finish evaluation before receiving transcript from school.

I uploaded my certificate to WES and my status changed to 'Your evaluation is in progress. You are not required to do anything at this time'
and it hasn't changed since for a full month now. Is this normal

As some one with a statisitcs degree and doing CFA, am looking at Analyst jobs as i think thwy'll be easy to get in canada.

As someone with experience as an analyst and still with no family obligations i think i can handle long hours but which other careers wre you referring to in that bolded part.

Tamm:
In my opinion, I think CFA provides a better chance at core finance jobs as it is distinct from accounting. While a MSc Finance or MBA qualification may provide a better chance at key finance positions and faster growth, a person with a CFA qualification like an engineering or a statistics major grad can more easily get a job as an analyst in an investment bank than an accounting major. Also, CFA is more North America-focused (JP Morgan et al than say UBS as an example), so he has nothing to worry about if his destination is Canada.

Finally, since most analysts start pretty early (in their early 20s) with no family obligations and are thus able to work the long hours that the job demands, he might want to reconsider his career choice, particularly if he has no prior experience in the sector which will enable him start in a slightly better role than an analyst.

PS: Core finance is a totally different ball game than what obtains in most banks in Nigeria, hence, any experience in the Nigerian banking sector may not count for much. Hope this helps.

lol.....very nice comparison indeed. The university must have over stressed the guy.

Shortcuts are gonna kill Africans. We have failed to learn patience.

einsteino:
me I sha would like to board flight today with my future COPR